Life seems pretty zen right now forMarla Maples, theRighteous Gemstonesactress and second ex-wife of PresidentDonald Trump.
In aNew York Times“Sunday Routine” piecepublished this week, Maples, 56, shared the ways she keeps her life balanced and seemingly far away from the controversies of her ex’s administration.
Maples and Trump divorced in 1999after a six-year marriageand one child,Tiffany.
“I’m not in the White House. I have friends on both sides. I will just walk in the middle,” Maples told theTimes. “I’ll do everything I can to remind people that any type of anger or judgment can truly have such a negative impact on ourselves, and absolutely on our environment.”
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Indeed, Maples was open to talking about morning meditation, yoga, turmeric potions, tennis, her Christian faith, her crush on Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and vegan gluten-free pizza — but not Trump.
“I really just wake up without being concerned with how I’m going to manifest,” she said.
While others in the family have turned political alongside the president, including even Maples’ daughter, she has declined.
“I always knew that this would be happening,” Maples told PEOPLE in 2016 during Trump’s first presidential campaign. “It was something we talked about when we were first together, him running for president and what that would mean for our family.”
But after years in the spotlight fielding questions all about her rollercoaster relationship with Trump in the ’90s and what came after, she’s choosing to focus on other things and leaving others to head into the fray.
Marla Maples (left) with daughter Tiffany Trump.Dave Benett/Getty
On dating, too, Maples demurs.
“It hasn’t really interested me but I’ve opened the door to it. I’ve been so focused on family and building a career,” she told theTimes.
Mostly, Maples has been trying to find — in her words — “the positive in all things.”
“I choose not to judge anybody else,” she said on theTodayshow last year. “I don’t want to be judged, so how can I judge another human being? I say to my friends, ‘Let’s help lift this world, not bring it down.’ ”
source: people.com
